One hundred years ago, on January 16, 1920, Delegate Charles T. Jesse of Clarendon proposed a bill in the Virginia General Assembly to change the name of Alexandria County to Arlington to avoid confusion with the City of Alexandria.
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100 Years Ago: Call to Rename Alexandria County “Arlington”
Confusion over Alexandria City and Alexandria County leads civic federation to call for new name for the County.